Tag: Africa

Tanzania’s ban on foreigners operating small businesses sparks Kenyan backlash

Tanzania has barred foreign nationals from owning and operating mainly small-scale businesses,…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

More than a dozen children die because of food shortages in Sudan camp – medics

Thirteen children died last month as a result of the severe shortage…

More than 1,000 people arrested over deadly Angola fuel protests

Police in Angola say five people, including a police officer, have been…

Ivory Coast president, 83, says he will run for fourth term

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has announced he will run for a…

Nicolas Negoce Nicolas Negoce

Nigeria’s victorious women footballers promised $100,000 each

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu hailed the women's national football team for their…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

Nigeria kidnappers kill 35 hostages even after ransom paid

Kidnappers in Nigeria have killed at least 35 people they abducted from…

‘Greatest in 100 years’: Ghana mourns music legend Daddy Lumba

Ghanaians are mourning one of the country's best known singers, Charles Kojo…

Komla Adom Komla Adom

Cameroon opposition leader banned from challenging world’s oldest president

Cameroon's opposition leader Maurice Kamto has been excluded from the list of…

Paul Njie Paul Njie

The would-be saint murdered ‘mafia-style’ for refusing bribes

Two days after he was kidnapped in July 2007, the bloodied and…

Didier Bikorimana Didier Bikorimana

Former Congolese president on trial for treason

he treason trial of the former president of the Democratic Republic of…